Got the warm fuzzys seeing Raymond Molinar pop up in the Trapasso-facepaint Skateboard Mag the other day, partly because I’ve been worried about him fading out ever since his departure off Habitat, partly cuz there’s a little bit of Henry Sanchez-style spazz crustiness to his take on technical ledge tricks that’s pleasing to the eye. My initial recollections date back to some tricks in a TWS vid montage, possibly “Free Your Mind,” which would’ve been an all-time classic with another part and 1/3 as many skits — he did lines in those Vans with the giant V on the side, reminiscent of some Vision Street Wears, and even back then he had the switch kickflip backside tailslides. This entry in Popwar’s short-lived “Video Hype” DVD teaser series I thought of as his official/proper debut and it’s also worth revisiting as some Utahn has revived the brand-name, a strategy that could deliver profit and pleasure to all involved, and maybe even a lucky few who are not.
Tags: concerned citizens, Converse, dirty Sanchez, freestyle, Habitat, hobos, hype cycles, Joy Division, Popwar, Raymond Molinar, Stereo, TSM, Utah, Vision Street Wear Shoe Crew
boil the ocean 
April 23, 2011 at 11:22 pm |
No Real video review? Dood brah!
April 24, 2011 at 12:26 am |
He was kicked off cause he wasn’t skating enough and there was personal shit between him, castruci and brenan.
April 25, 2011 at 12:59 am |
As much as I like Molinar (the lines, his style… herky-jerky or not), it’s hard to forgive laziness… it’s skateboarding…
Q: Who’s too busy to get rad?
A: Most the featured Cons team.
Popwar is sorely missed though, such a great team.
April 25, 2011 at 7:55 pm |
ray wanted 1st part in inhahibtants,didnt have the footy, would go to sf for 2 weeks and not skate and other places and do the same. rvca booted him for not wanting to go on trips, then habi. selgo got flushed too, should have been tim o . i have lots of stories from those times maybe someday i will tell, dont want to get in trouble!!!!!! fred gall ones are so legit. get at me
April 26, 2011 at 12:18 am |
funny, i thought i was reading a skateboard blog, not ‘overly self-indulgent ramblings by a bad writer who is sad that he got rejected from a state college creative writing MFA’